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HSK
criss-crossed (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to operate / to control / to rig / to manipulate
HSK 6
to indulge / to pamper / to connive at / permissive / indulgent / self-indulgent / unrestrained / undisciplined / uncultured / boorish
HSK 7-9
to survey comprehensively / an overall survey
HSK 7-9
even if; even though
HSK 7-9
longitudinal / vertical
(bird species of China) pallid scops owl (Otus brucei)
to indulge / to connive at
HSK 7-9
vertical section / longitudinal section
to indulge in debauchery
to indulge / to give free rein / even if
to your heart's content
transient / fleeting
vertical coordinate / ordinate
as far as the eye can see
arsonist
Vertical Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
fifth column (subversive group)
vertical section / longitudinal section
single file
joystick / control lever
lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities
panoramic view / wide survey
to talk freely
to criss-cross / to run unhindered across the whole country
to set on fire / to commit arson
depth (from front to rear) / depth (into a territory) / span (of time) / (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc)
HSK 7-9
lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横, School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
arrogant and willful
In order to capture, one must let loose. / to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
longitudinal muscle
undisciplined / untrammeled / to indulge
to drink excessively
Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
to indulge (a child) / to pamper / to spoil
to manipulate from behind the scenes / to pull the strings
mediastinum (organs and tissues in the thorax between the lungs)
lobe / longitudinal slit / vertical fracture
to operate (a machine etc) with ease
crossword
vertical line / vertical coordinate line
tears and mucus flowing profusely / sniveling / in a tragic state
to talk freely
(bird species of China) little owl (Athene noctua)
longitudinal wave
(bird species of China) striated bulbul (Alcurus striatus)
to theorize generally
lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom)
to leap / to spring / to throw oneself
willfully / wantonly
loudly / in a loud voice
longitudinal beam
even if / even though
School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦 and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪
pitching motion (of a boat)
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  *縱* | 縱* | *縱
vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]) / (bound form) to release (a captive) / to indulge / to leap up / (literary) even if
to enjoy / to indulge in
column; file (formation of people) (CL:,) / PLA army corps (1946–1949) (CL:個|个)
(sports) vertical jump
to stride / to bound
stria longitudinalis (in the brain)


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